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"Young Master, according to the news we've received, that woman Bu Mingyan has gathered all the martial arts disciples in Lin'an City. We're no match for her!"

"Yeah, why don't we run away and get through this first?"

At the entrance of the Hong family compound, the clansmen were in an uproar.

Hong Xiuqing snorted coldly upon hearing this, "Do you think I'm a fool? Would I dare to confront the Martial Alliance head-on without absolute certainty?"

"Young Master, even the strongest patriarch has been captured. What trump cards do we have left?" The group thought he had completely lost his mind.

Only Hung Hsiu-ching wore a mysterious smile throughout, appearing confident of victory.

Before long, a long line of hundreds of cars drove up to the front gate of the Hong family.

The car door opened, and countless martial arts experts poured out, forming a dense, imposing mass in front of Hong Xiuqing and the others.

Bu Mingyan, dressed in a cheongsam with her hair styled in a high bun, walked step by step to the front of the crowd, fully releasing the aura of a Grandmaster in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, her beautiful eyes filled with coldness.

Ye Chen simply disappeared into the crowd, becoming virtually invisible.

"Bring them up!"

With a cold shout from He Chen, Hong Qian, Master Wu, several members of the Hong family, and Master Wu's disciples were all brought up.

Seeing the pitiful state of these people, Hong Xiuqing was instantly enraged and stared at Bu Mingyan with venomous resentment.

"President Bu, what crime did my father commit that you would injure him like this?"

Bu Zhan roared, "What did they do? Doesn't your Hong family know?"

Ma Benlei also curled his lip and said, "Hong Qian colluded with a heretical Taoist priest to set up the Nine Heavens Lightning Formation, intending to wipe out all the high-ranking members of the Martial Alliance. The evidence for this is irrefutable."

Seeing their patriarch in such a state, the Hong family members were seething with hatred, but the other party was too powerful, and they dared not utter a word.

Hong Xiuqing snorted coldly and continued to argue, "I think you just want to eliminate dissidents. The truth of this matter still needs to be investigated in detail. Don't think that the Martial Alliance is just your Bu family and Ma family. My Hong family also has allies."

As he spoke, he cast his gaze toward the powerful figures in the crowd who were on good terms with the Hong family. However, these people either looked down at the ground or looked up at the sky, but they didn't even glance at him.

Hong Qian has caused a huge mess this time, incurring the wrath of the masses. Anyone who stands up to support the Hong family now is simply courting death.

"you......"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Hung Hsiu-ching trembled slightly, clearly very angry.

Seeing this, Bu Mingyan snorted lightly, "I will give the Hong family a chance to defend yourselves, but according to procedure, everyone in the Hong family must be taken away for investigation."

As a semi-official organization, the Martial Alliance is responsible for managing all non-military and official martial artists in a region and has its own law enforcement authority.

At her command, the experts from the Martial Alliance's Enforcement Hall immediately stepped forward to arrest all members of the Hong family.

However, at that moment, Hong Xiuqing stepped forward and shouted.

"stop!"

Bu Mingyan narrowed her eyes. "Young Master Hong, do you know that disobeying my orders means I can kill you on the spot?"

Hong Xiuqing looked at her, then suddenly sneered, her face full of disdain, "Bu Mingyan, you bitch, if it weren't for the help of my Hong family, could you have become the president of this association? You don't really think my Hong family is a pushover, so easy to manipulate, do you?"

"Disrespect for the president is a capital offense!"

Bu Zhan took a sudden step forward, his aura exploding, forcing the Hong family members to retreat repeatedly.

Hong Xiuqing remained arrogant, "Since you insist on turning against me, then I'll show you the true strength of the Hong family. I hope you won't be begging me to let you go later."

Hong Qian woke up from his coma and, upon seeing his surroundings, immediately knew what had happened.

He stared intently at Bu Mingyan and said viciously, "You were the one who summoned me to your house, intending to kill me with the Nine Heavens Thunder-Summoning Formation, and now you're turning around and accusing me. If you obediently release me, then hand over the position of guild leader, and become my maid, I might spare your life."

Upon hearing the arrogant remarks of the father and son, a commotion immediately broke out in the crowd.

Things have come to this point, yet the Hong family father and son still refuse to admit defeat. Have they gone mad?

Bu Mingyan's expression was as cold as an iceberg, and he said indifferently, "Stop talking big, just show us what your trump cards are."

Hong Qian sneered, "Bu Mingyan, you asked for this."

After saying that, he and Hong Xiuqing exchanged a glance, then suddenly knelt down and shouted loudly at the gate.

"Please, Ancestor, emerge from seclusion!"

"Our ancestor?"

Upon hearing this title, not only were others bewildered, but even members of the Hong family themselves were completely dumbfounded.

Didn't their ancestor Hong Wanshan die of illness three years ago? Could it be that Hong Qian and his son are trying to summon a dead man to deal with the Martial Alliance?

On the Martial Alliance side, many people couldn't help but shake their heads, it seemed that this father and son had indeed gone mad.

However, in the next second, an earth-shattering aura suddenly rose from the back mountain of the Hong family.

This aura was so terrifying that it triggered strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, and even the dark clouds in the sky were instantly torn open with a large hole.

A beam of sunlight shone down from the cave, illuminating the ancient figure soaring into the sky, making him appear like a god descending from heaven.

Someone recognized the figure and gasped in shock.

"It's the Hong family patriarch! He's still alive?"

"This...this terrifying aura, could it be a legendary Golden Core Realm expert?"

The faces of everyone on the Martial Alliance side instantly turned pale.

If Hong Wanshan really breaks through to the Golden Core Realm, no matter how many people they send, they won't be enough for him to kill with one hand!

"Sister, what should we do now? Should we lay low for a while and notify headquarters to send experts?" Bu Zhan whispered to Bu Mingyan with a grim expression.

Bu Mingyan glanced at the crowd subtly, her tone indifferent.

"No rush, let's wait and see. Even if the Hong family's ancestor is a Golden Core expert, he wouldn't dare to massacre so many Martial Alliance disciples, otherwise the Martial Alliance headquarters wouldn't let him off the hook."

"But......"

Before Bu Zhan could say anything more, Hong Wanshan had already arrived at the door.

"Our ancestor, it really is our ancestor!"

"Hahaha, our Hong family is saved!"

"You dare humiliate the Hong family? You'll all die!"

The Hong family members, who had been so timid just moments before, were overjoyed the moment they saw Hong Wanshan appear.

"Father, you've finally broken through to the Golden Core Realm! Save me!" Hong Qian shouted excitedly.

Hong Wanshan raised his hand to stop him, then stopped five meters away from Bu Mingyan, his expression indifferent like a god, looking down at her from a high place.

"You dare to try and extort money from my Hong family? Kneel down!"

Thunderous sounds rolled in, and under the powerful pressure of the Golden Core Realm cultivators, many members of the Martial Alliance knelt down and couldn't get up; some even coughed up blood on the spot.

Only Foundation Establishment Grandmasters like He Chen and Bu Zhan remain, struggling to hold on.